Intelligent Traffic Management Solution Current Affairs - 2019

Bengaluru Smart City is testing prototype of an intelligent traffic management solution in collaboration with the Electronics City Township Authority (ELCITA) to improve traffic management in the city. It aims to provide traffic information that is currently unavailable and help improve management of commuter traffic.

Intelligent Traffic Management Solution

It involves capturing video streams from several cameras and processing them using artificial intelligence. This will help in automation of traffic management tasks such as vehicle detection, traffic density estimation and control of traffic lights for real-time performance.

Electronic City

Electronic City isinformation technology (IT) hub in Bangalore, located in Anekal taluk. It is one of India’s largest electronic and IT industrial parks, spread over 800 acres (3.2 km²). It consists of three zones called phases – Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Electronic City was established by Keonics (Karnataka Electronic), a pioneer in information technology infrastructure development. There are approximately 200 IT/ITES companies located in Electronic City. It is administered by Electronics City Township Authority (ELCITA).